ICN Mountain West Archives - Inside Climate News

Will Trump’s Handoff of Grizzly Management to States Lead to More Dead Bears?

While grizzlies would still be protected by the Endangered Species Act, the new rule would allow the states “management flexibility” that environmental activists fear could hinder the species’ recovery.

By Steven Rodas

Trump Again Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, This Time by Much More

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado Voters Will Decide Whether a ‘Right to Natural Gas’ is Added to the State Constitution

By Maya McDaniel

Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support

By Mosabber Hossain

New Gold Exploration Revives Old Fears for Montana’s Blackfoot River

By Mosabber Hossain

Large Fires Scorch Drought-Stricken Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

Three Wildland Firefighters Killed in Colorado Blaze

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Planning for Life After Coal Cost a Montana County Commissioner His Seat

By Jake Bolster

Utah National Monument Survives Attempt to Rescind its Management Plan

By Wyatt Myskow

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, is plunging, causing hydropower generation at Hoover Dam to decline.

Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff

Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind

By Mosabber Hossain

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

By Wyatt Myskow

New BLM Grazing Rules Eliminate Tribal Buffalo From Public Lands

By Blaine Harden

Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump

By Dana Drugmand

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses

By Mosabber Hossain

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

Fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson stands beside a dirt road that leads to a century-old public trail that was abandoned by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a controversial land swap with the Yellowstone Club—an exclusive mountaintop retreat for the megarich. Credit: Evan Simon/Floodlight

Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

By Evan Simon and Ames Alexander, Floodlight

Prescribed Burns and Forest Thinning Averted Millions of Tons of Emissions and Billions in Damages

By Steven Rodas

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